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Here are some of the new products or updates to previous products that have been announced as of August 29, 2011. Return to this section of the Progressive Dairyman website periodically to find out what new products will be impacting the dairy industry.
The National Guernsey Convention was held in Collinsville, Illinois, June 23-27. The convention has long been recognized for the many exciting activities and contests offered for youth. Young people from Florida to Washington and many states in between were represented this year, as more than 100 junior Guernsey members travelled to Illinois to compete in the many contests and recognition programs offered by the American Guernsey Association.
The National Guernsey Queen and Princess are crowned each year at the convention. They serve as ambassadors for the Guernsey breed during their one-year reign, making appearances on behalf of the AGA, speaking with visitors to AGA trade-show booths and assisting at national shows. The queen and princess are selected based on their speaking ability, poise, knowledge of the dairy industry and their ability to serve as effective ambassadors for the AGA.
Are you looking to improve your dairy herd profitability? A new program developed by University of Wisconsin-Extension and UW-Madison researchers is designed to increase farm income by enhancing the reproductive performance of a producer’s cows.
Repro Money is team-based and farmer-directed with reproduction at the center of the program, according to Connie Cordoba, UW-Extension reproductive management specialist. Producers receive the resources and tools needed to make better management decisions regarding the reproductive management of their farm.
Cattle exhibitors wishing to compete at World Dairy Expo 2011 should log on to World Dairy Expo website now and submit their entries. According to Dairy Cattle Show Manager, Laura Herschleb, entry fees will increase at midnight (CDT) on Thursday, Sept. 1. Paper applications must also be postmarked by that date to avoid late entry fees.
The 142nd Nebraska State Fair in Grand Island, Nebraska, will offer fairgoers the chance to learn more about dairy from Aug. 26 to Sept. 5.
For the first year, Midwest Dairy Association is sponsoring the milking parlor, which will be accompanied by People Behind the Product and From Farm to Food to You graphics created by the organization.
Horizon Organic announced the family farmer recipients of two annual awards: the HOPE Award, which honors farmers who advocate organic agriculture; and the Quality Award, which recognizes the Horizon farmer who produces the highest quality organic milk in the entire Horizon milk supply.
The Hardy family of Farmington, Maine, received the 2011 Horizon Organic Producer Education (HOPE) Award, while the Sheen family of Gouverneur, New York, was recognized with the 2011 National Quality Award, during Farm Aid’s annual benefit concert at LIVESTRONG Sporting Park in Kansas City, Kansas.
The thousands of showgoers that attended Ag Progress Days in Rock Springs, Pennsylvania, from Aug. 16-18 could breathe a little easier thanks to the state’s soybean growers. That's because the Ag Progress Days staff, working with the Pennsylvania Soybean Board, controlled the dust from the show’s gravel roads through a soy-based dust control agent known as DustKill.
Think of farms and images of tractors and combines come to mind. But what about laptops, smart phones and tablets?
The number of farmers with Internet access on a variety of digital gadgets has dramatically increased, changing the way farms do business.
IDEXX Livestock and Poultry Diagnostics announces the worldwide release of the IDEXX Bovine Pregnancy Test—a test whose early, accurate results help shorten calving intervals and improve reproductive performance for dairy and beef producers.
Seedstock purchases made this fall and next spring can affect the performance and profitability of a cow/calf operation for years. This is why Kent Andersen,Ph.D., associate director technical services, Pfizer Animal Genetics, recommends that producers look for animals that come with genomic information.
